Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-10
NEW YoEIl's i'ouEzr OF MAsrs



Ehc Numbac 81 Ses'5NiG Arriving
During she T1ur.
v,u,- -
nm ~ 'H'" ABOUT
DIV" '"I Us" Vessels "fFiFeH III me port Cf
New Drk last year, Inc total number
NJ fo-ei N and domestic vessels Thar o..
r;vad ee~, !, rSs6is est,,ro+,,1 ~ .,o' ,Cn
~ 49, ,,-,,,,,,,. I,...,.;.,
1t i0"'o" Pl0PNe'' E1eSl'i' breaks INTO
fervlC eioquence IN celebrating the com
meTclal spieudOr of the great emporium
nf > 800 years as-o. Tyre with its p,ultI
tnde Of sh,"s and its traffic in .roId mn
ME and IVORY: the wine OF He. Ln,, sil,,n.
capSiA w hitp wool and nracio,is etnr,,.
nm whit WAS Tyre. thou,tn il v,aea,sn,s.r'
chant Of The Ueople for many isles >, ana
traded vita Judah and the land of jsraaI
Arabia. Sbeba and the Prlnces ot Kadar
compared to the lions whelp of the West
eTn world, New York! hNher comes the
golh OF hurope, toe opium, cotee and pre-
clous gums 81 IHe orient, the attar of
roses ifoh turkey, Ine precious stones of
iaf,oli mines, me Iruils OF sicily, France
ana SPAN, ILe flch SILKS OF Lyons, the
wines VI Do'ueauA' tue hue Hheh OF Bel
iast' Tue oaud4aN' Coc0aduts' oranges and
sugar OF Inc west lhUIes, the Tin OF Corn
wall anu matacca' me yea. cassla and
cam puor Vi MARCO ono ar Cathay,'
tne specs Oh AahZlOar ana Ceylon, and,
III worn, an tue llch prouucts OF The
earIn- Anu IheJ come lot the most part,
IN great steamers compared TO when the
shlps ol 0!ri1 auo rhGhlcla would
seem niue larSer lhah the ordl-
nary tl@hCer III the naFoof OF New YORK.
Ol Inc oaAs oI Dasnan nave tney made
thlne OARS, sluss Cue sacred hebrew
poet III celeofatloh OF tyre. "Ine com
pany OF the Ashurltes nave made thy
pencpes vi IVORY ofou2hI oCC OF the isles
Oh Chlotiu'. uaV shdil we lhihk OF
euch cIatl Coul paTeu WIN the modern
steamers Oh ',Voo IONS pr0baoIE, al least
seventy times as large ana propelled not
py tne oIa"ny arms Vi iohS line OF
roWer5, nut ny lhaC mysterious agent
Stranger IMAM ahyIhlhR Ih IeTsian tale
or an ancient sOrcerefs Inauguration,
steam!
THE NUMBER OF VESSELS ARRIVING IN
NEW YORK.
In 1S85 some ! 600 vesseIs CARRYING a
foreign flag came to New York. The
number has decreased since than no.
rausa steamers are driving out saiIiny
craft, and one VOYAGE of good sized
steamer Is canal m naIf a drzen or more
of the averaIe sailing vessel. Most of the
vassels leaving here Tor fureign norris oo
to Great Britain. Germany. Franco Ita1v
and the West Indies. thou n MANY 20 to
remote norts in Asia and Africa Most
of tho Vessels in tho torai1n t-ada ara
owned abroad. For several wears no
American craft has carried grain to for
ej0n marts American vessels take CON
siderabie petroleum TO various narts of
tbe world INIT there is this disadyant-
age In tbat branc1 of traffic that a vessel
onca owen nm ia tha netroIpum trade ia
never thereafter suitable for any other.
New York has always been IN chief
magniAoant hsrbor and 10 the fact thar
the Hmdsoo River nenetrates In a near
ranGe of mountains without falls. rapIds
nv o+her oustrnctions tn nsviCaiton
prior 70 1S00 vessels went to Eurona at
mo stated time AZ there waS no regnIar
iines ard thev sailed only when they had
sncnred a cargo. Passengers were thus
nften Obliged to wait many weeks for a
sbin to saiI The discomforts of a nassage
10 and from England " ere almost upen-
dnrahIa DR. Johnson. the lannon's En-
1Iish moraJist and Iexograpber. described
g shin az worse Than a prison. because
tho observation-disclosures were eouallv "a
nnsatisfacTorv. while there was
the additIonal danger of being ship
wrecked or drowned. At the beginning
of the nresent cepturv the usual size OF a
sesworthv shin was about that of the Erie
canal hoat Of to-day. that is. from 100 to
Ions. A NpBSel
sidered marine monster. The psssen-
oer on the ocean in the early part of the
eentnrv moreoyer ran a risk unknown
at the nresent day. namely. the danger OF
capture by pirates, though this evil was
then diving ont. Piracy. however. was
nor compIetely suppressed in the North
Atlantic unfIi the second quarter of the
nresent century. and the messenger on the
early American vessels in the DAYS
of Adams Jefferson and Madison
might see an omiuous craft bearing
down upon his ship, suddenly run up the
black flag and compel the peaceaole
trader to surrender. Inc pirates maxim
was, "Dead men tell no tales, ana pris-
oners were usually compeleG 10 WALK
the plank, or they were loFced 10 Jump
overheard without Inc ceremony ol Che
plank, or they were shot' Ihese lree-
hooters at the opening OF the present cen
fury generally mad tnelr rendezvous IN
some OF the rocky ISLANDS OF tne west
lEdes. They were opanIards' foftu-
guese and other foreigners Oh tue worst
type. Many were alteruateY siaVe
traders ana pirates d uch Vi the cdPltai
invested III the slave traue III
those early days by tne way
was furnished by New l0Ih,
and this recalls the We!-knoWh IacV mat
famous pirate CaPt' hi'u' nSai. ~ w.
centuries ago, had his DG2QQudrJefS IN